Myles Turner’s Evolution Into The NBA’s Archetypal Modern Big Man (via RealGM)
It’s early December and the Indiana Pacers are hosting the Washington Wizards. It’s the sort of ho-hum game on the calendar that makes the NBA’s 82-game schedule a slog. The Pacers are in the midst of five games in eight days, bookended by road contests. It’s a game the Pacers should win, and they will, but in the final minutes the outcome remains in question.
Kelly Oubre (traded a week later) beats Bojan Bogdanovic off the dribble and finds himself alone on a drive into the paint. He goes up for a floater and is met by the right arm of Myles Turner. The block turns into a three-pointer by Darren Collison, which pushes Indiana’s lead to four. A few possessions later, Turner flashes inside before retreating to the right elbow. He’s fed by Collison and drains a jumper that puts the game away. The fourth-year center finishes with 26 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks.
It was the kind of performance the Pacers envisioned when they drafted Turner with the 11th overall back in 2015, and how he saw himself playing
